urn:taro:utsa.00312Inventory of the San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection, 1983 (January-June)December 13, 2011Encoded in XMetal Author by Nikki Lynn Thomas
according to instructions in
TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions.Finding aid is in
English22 September 2015Edited to add links to multiple parts of collection guide by Julianna Barrera-Gomez, Digital Archivist.08 June 2017Edited by Julianna Barrera-Gomez to include a link to the collection's CONTENTdm landing page.
Descriptive Summary
San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection,1941-1990Materials are in English.MS 360800,000 photographsUniversity of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special
CollectionsThe San Antonio Express-News has the longest history of continuous publication among the English-language newspapers of San Antonio. The original negatives archived in this collection chronicle the history of San Antonio from 1941 to 1990 through the eyes of the San Antonio Express-News' staff photographers. Popular topics include civil-rights campaigns, political campaigns, and holiday celebrations. This collection is made up of approximately 800,000 images.
Historical Note

The San Antonio

Express-News has the longest history of continuous publication among the English-language newspapers of San Antonio. The Express was first published as a weekly on September 27, 1865 and began publishing as a daily in December 1866. In 1868 it began to use Associated Press dispatches. The paper had an early circulation of 300 daily and 800 weekly subscribers. A Monday edition, first published in the late 1880s, made the Express a seven-day paper. After 1890 the company acquired its first Associated Press leased wire service. Publication of the Evening News began on September 4, 1918. In 1922 the company became the owner and operator of radio station WOAI. The Express also acquired radio station KYFM in 1947, KTSA in 1949, and KGBS radio-television in 1954, renaming the station KENS. Cooperation between the Express and the News increased in the 1950s, and the papers eventually merged their staffs. Rupert Murdoch purchased the paper in 1973 and in 1984 combined it with the News to form the Express-News. In 1992 the Hearst Corporation closed the San Antonio Light and purchase of the Express-News.
Scope and Content Note

The original negatives archived in this collection chronicle the history of San Antonio from 1941 to 1990 through the lenses of the San Antonio

Express-News' staff photographers. Popular topics include civil-rights campaigns, political campaigns, and holiday celebrations. This collection is made up of approximately 800,000 images.

Selected material in this collection has been digitized and is available in our digital collections.

Arrangement

Due to size, the inventory of the San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection has been divided into
9 separate collection guides which can be accessed by clicking on the following
links:

Inventory of the San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection, 1941-1959 Inventory of the San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection, 1960-1969 Inventory of the San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection, 1970-1975 Inventory of the San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection, 1977-1979 Inventory of the San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection, 1980-1981 Inventory of the San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection, 1982 (January-June) Inventory of the San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection, 1982 (July - December) Inventory of the San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection, 1983 (January-June) [this page]Inventory of the San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection, 1983 (July)-1984
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.

This collection is housed at UTSA's Hemisfair Campus and must be accessed via the Institute of Texan Cultures Special Collections reading room. To request access, please use the Collections Request Form.

Usage Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.